This video is a personal account of the speaker's experience living in Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world, with temperatures regularly dropping below -55 degrees Celsius. The speaker highlights the extreme cold's effects on daily life, such as the need for double gloves to prevent fingers from freezing, the difficulty in removing glasses due to metal frames sticking to the skin, and the existence of "ice hell" where everything freezes.
The speaker also shares an experiment involving freezing balloons filled with water, which turns into ice balls, and demonstrates how to play bowling without spending any money. Despite the harsh conditions, the speaker notes that children are able to play outside even in the cold, indicating a unique adaptation to the extreme climate.
The video ends with a mention of a future video about the effects of severe temperatures on the human body, and a call for viewers to subscribe to the channel for more content.
1. The coldest city on the planet, Yakutsk, experiences temperatures dropping to less than fifty-nine degrees Celsius.
2. The air temperature in Yakutsk is less than 55 degrees Celsius.
3. People in Yakutsk cannot wear glasses with metal frames due to the extreme cold.
4. The ice on the sidewalks in Yakutsk has to be broken and cleaned every hour.
5. Statues in the streets of Yakutsk are made of ice and do not melt for months.
6. People put mats at the entrance of each building to avoid falling on the slippery floor.
7. Classes in Yakutsk are not canceled until the temperature exceeds minus 50 degrees Celsius.
8. In Yakutsk, it's normal for children to go out and play when the temperature is around -28 degrees Celsius, indicating the arrival of spring.
9. The presenter conducted an experiment with balloons, freezing them to use as bowling balls.
10. The presenter discovered that it's a bad idea to go without gloves in such extreme cold, as they start to hurt a lot within just 20 seconds.
11. If left outside for 20 minutes, the presenter's hands would be at risk of losing sensation, a condition called frostbite.
12. In Yakutsk, the outside temperature is about minus 50 degrees Celsius, and boiling water instantly turns into ice crystals at about 100 degrees.
13. Walking from one place to another in Yakutsk is almost impossible if the time spent walking to the destination was 20 minutes.
14. Yakutsk is the capital of the Republic of Sakha, with a population of about 300,000.
15. The thickness of the ice on the presenter's shoes is around 30 meters in Yakutsk.
16. The mass of ice over the city of Yakutsk does not melt even in summer, even when temperatures are 21 degrees Celsius. This is called permafrost.
17. The average daily temperatures in June, July, and August in Yakutsk are 16, 19, and 15 degrees Celsius, respectively.
18. Daylight only appears for five hours in winter in Yakutsk while the sun does not set for around 20 hours in June.